Card for Week 4 Christmas Challenge over on Do-Crafts.

Evening All

Here is my card for the Challenge running over on Do-crafts that Snoflake is doing for Christmas.

I have used the new Marianne Creatables Circle 112 die to cut the base layer of this card and using the card in this case 270g card folded in half the die cut through it with ease.

I have used one of the Lili of the Valley christmas stamps called "James Bear Wrapped in Tinsel" and can be found here.  It has been coloured in with promarkers and glittered with my sakura clear star pen.

Poinsettia flowers from my stash.

A sideways look at my card.

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog and for any comments you may like to leave.

Happy crafting

Lizzie

Bah Humbug - Challenge 2 - Using Stencils

Evening All

Well this week I was determined not to miss the deadline for this challenge.  I seem to have a thing for this little angel from Lili of the Valley as she is so cute and only another 3 stamps to get (lol)

I have had this snowflake stencil for a few months now and have not used it until today and I thought it fit this challenge very well.

The stencil was placed on top of blue colour core co-ordinations card and I have inked through the stencil with my Broken China distress ink pad, which gives a lovely subtle pattern of snowflakes.

The image once again is from Lili of the Valley (I seem to be addicted to these stamps at the moment) and has been coloured in with my promarkers.

I have used some organza ribbon in baby blue for a little decoration.

And finally the greeting I have used is from (Yes you have guessed right) Lili of the Valley and is off one of their 12 Greeting set for christmas.

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog and for any comments you may like to leave.

Happy Crafting

Lizzie

Sketch Saturday Week 138

Morning All,

Here is my entry for this weeks challenge, I hope you like it!

Above is the sketch we had to follow, I hope that I have done it justice.  I think it suited a male card more than a Girlie card.

My  card measures 14.5cm square and I have definitely gone down the blue route.  The papers I have used are the free ones from "Creative Cardmaking Magazine".

The stars have been cut by using my one and only star punch.

I have used the Skater Boy stamp from the Greeting Farm range of stamps (Isn't he cute).

My greeting is from one of the See D's collection of stamps.

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog and for any comments you may like to leave.

Happy Crafting

Lizzie

Snoflake's Christmas Challenge Card Wk 3 (On Do-crafts)

Morning all

I thought I would share today the card I have made for a weekly christmas challenge that is running over on Do-crafts.

The card base has been cut using 270 gram card and stands up really well.  Because of the simplicity of this card it only took about 30 minutes to make as there is not a lot of room to add an image once the main part of the card is cut.  I think this card is nearer to an A6 size card so it is not very big but it is effective if you have a lot of cards to make.

I thought I would show you the Marianne frame that I used to make the base card as it is gorgeous and it went through 2 layers of card very easily.

It is a Sugar Neillie stamp and can be purchased from Funky kits (I can't put a link for the stamp as it is out of stock at the moment).

My little greeting stamp is from cuddly buddly and comes in a set of 4 and can be found here.

I have taken a top picture so that you can see that the Marianne frame cuts straight through both layers of the card.

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog and for any comments you may like to leave.

Happy Crafting.

Lizzie

Father-in-Laws Birthday Card

Morning all

Its my Father in laws birthday in a few days, so I have had to make this card in advance as he will be in Egypt for his birthday.

Why is it I always have trouble deciding on what to do for a man's card.  I do find though that the LOTV Mens/Boys collection of stamps are perfect for most occasions  that I need to make cards for.

The image I have used is called "Pride and Joy" and can be purchased here.  I have coloured it with promarkers and added a little sparkle with my clear sakura glitter pen.

My sentiment is from one of the See D's collection of stamps and is perfect for both Male and Female cards.

I have also used chocolate card candy for a little extra decoration, which I think just finishes the card off.

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog and for any comments you may like to leave.

Happy Crafting

Lizzie

Bah....Humbug Challenge 1 Holly and/or Fairies

Evening all

Well I thought this challenge ended Noon tomorrow not noon today.  Oh well definitely missed this weeks challenge but I thought I would show you my card anyway.

I chose a Lili of the Valley angel to make this card with because of the Holly wreath on her head and to be honest I don't think I have used this image before but I will definitely be using her again.  The papers I have used are from Craftwork cards and are from the Merry & Bright pack.

She has been coloured in with promarkers and been stamped using memento ink.

The greeting is a stamp from Cuddly Buddly and there are 4 fab little stamps included in the pack.  Once again it has been stamped using Memento ink and coloured in with promarkers.

Finally I have used Card candy from Craftwork cards to finish the decorations for this card.

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog and for leaving any comments.

Happy Crafting

Lizzie

Sketch Saturday - Week #137 - 8th January & Magnolia anything goes.

Evening All

When I was surfing through blog land looking for some inspiration I came across the Sketch Saturday Challenge Blog and loved the sketches I saw so I thought I would give it a go.

I love these little Tilda stamps amongst a few other collections, they are so easy to colour and use.

The corner is one of the Marianne corner dies that have just come out and the white circles are craftwork cards card candy.

My Tilda image has been stamped with memento and coloured in with promarkers.  Unfortunately I cannot give you the colours I used as I coloured her in a good few months ago.

The paper I have used is a free one from Creative Cardmaking for January and the other card is out of my scrap box.

Thank you for taking the time to visit my Blog and for any comments you may like to leave.

Happy crafting

Lizzie

Challenge 50 - Marlene's Sketch (The Sugar Bowl)

Hello Everyone

I must say before I do anything else, Happy 2nd Birthday to The Sugar Bowl.  Thank  you for 2 wonderful years of challenges.

Here is my take on this weeks sketch: -

As I seem to have a thing about making christmas cards at the moment, I have deliberately chosen to use pink so that it makes me do a Birthday card and I am back to making one of my favourite style of cards an easel card.

Here is a close up of the top part of my card so that you can see that I have followed the sketch, all I have done is rotated the sketch to fit in with the image I have used.  The papers are the free ones that were in this months Creative Cardmaking magazine.

The Image I have used is called Fragile Beauty and can be found at www.funkykits.co.uk when it is back in stock.  I have coloured her in with promarkers which give her a printed look.

My greeting has been hand stamped using one of the many unmounted stamps I have.

Here is a different angle of the card.  The card itself measures 14.5 cm square and is made for 270g card.

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog and for any comments you may like to leave.

Happy crafting

Lizzie

LOTV - Challenge 79 - Sketch by Lena

Good Evening Everyone,

Well this weeks challenge from LOTV was a sketch to follow and I enjoyed doing it so much that I have made 2 cards using it.  I must admit though that they are both Christmas cards as I cannot seem to stop myself from making them at the moment.  I am sure this will soon pass!

Here are the cards I came up with: -

Card One

I must admit I do quite like making Black & White Christmas cards as they look quite classy even if I do say so myself.

The LOTV image I have used is "Igloo for Two" and can be found here.  It has been coloured in with my promarkers and I have used Rymans 200g card which is lovely to use.

I have used DCWV papers on the card some glittered and some not but I do think they work quite well with this layout.  The punch is one of the new Martha Stewart snowflake border punches and it is fabulous to use as I have used it on 270g card.

The black corners have been added with the off cuts from the base card.  I did want some fancy corners but they were a little to big as I only just remembered that this card needed 2 corner embellishments.

I tried to make this card as flat as possible to save on postage (that is if anyone wants to buy this one), mind you it still weighs a fair bit with all the layers.

Card Two

Instead of making another black & White card I went for more rich and vibrant colours which I think works quite well with this image.

This image is called "Sledging with Daddy" and can be found here if anyone would like to purchase it.  Once again I have coloured it in with promarkers and as you can see it hardly needs any colouring in.

I have matted the main image onto mirror card and the papers once again are from DCWV from a paper pack I have had for a few years..

The corner is one of the New Marianne corners and works quite well with these colours.

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog and for any comments you may like to leave.

Happy Crafting

Lizzie

Tilda Challenge Card

Evening All.

This is my attempt at the Tilda Challenge over on Docrafts, all we had to do was make a card using any new stash we had for Christmas.

For the main shape of the card I used my Marianne frame die, which makes a lovely base for a card and the large circle nesties fir perfectly within the inner circle.

I have used the Flying angel magnolia stamp which has been coloured in with promarkers and the wings have been coloured in using my Sakura clear sparkle gelly roll pen.

The green glittery snowflakes were cut using one of the Marianne poinsetta dies and these are the stamens for the centre of the flower.

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog and for any comments you may like to leave.

Happy Crafting

Lizzie

First Christmas card of 2011

Hello everyone,

Well one of my new years resolutions is to make at least one Christmas card each week so I don't get to bogged down in December and here is my first one.

I have also put this on Do-crafts and entered it into Loretta's Monday Challenge No. 108 and it is also for Snoflakes Christmas Challenge for WK1 (Hopefully this challenge will start soon as I think a couple of us have already uploaded cards in preparation for this challenge)

The image is one of LOTV Christmas stamps and it is so cute, I just love this little bear.  He has been coloured in with promarkers and glittered using stickles.

Snowflakes and Poinsettia have been cut using Marianne Dies and glitter card.

Many thanks for visiting my blog and for any comments you may like to leave.

Happy Crafting

Lizzie